YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

ME 2.8 Been a while since I visited this place, maybe it's time to start listening to the pod again. Last half on 2015 was pretty bad, total anxiety meltdown. Spent much of 2016 warming up to the thought of moving closer to my family and I realized it here in November. Long story short, I made the m...

Welcome Shirley!

Hi, glad you here too.

The forum software is like the well meaning friend saying: "You depressed? Well just stop being unhappy!"

I wish the forum software was more like a friend, that had an edit post button.

I'm having a bad day, this decreased the badness by a few percent.

I think that's MY job

Phew, I thought it was my job.

Hi,

I'm sorry you're in this desperate place right now. I don't know what to say, other than I've been in that place and it's a scary and primal place to be in. Take care and hang in there.

Had a psychiatrist tell me: "I'm a bit of an old pig, I like women young. (I'm thinking where the fuck this come from?) "You don't have a girlfriend do you?" "I do,"(Thinking, I fucking told you about her already." "How are you together. I mean, when you're in bed ...

Write whatever you like, it's a great exercise to attempt to articulate the avalanches of thoughts and feelings.
My own personal theory is that anxiety and depression is tied to an inability or inhibition of experessing oneself.

Also welcome!

I'm sorry your family expect you to continue their lies but at least you're aware of their priorities and understandably pissed off about it. You kind of have to wonder, what kind of values your family members hold dear, when they threaten to expel you, unless you live their lies. Personally I think...